{"id":2136,"date":"2013-03-05T21:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annasorenson.se\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2013-03-05T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:13:58","slug":"your-application-is-pending-a-performance-by-anna-sorenson-at-cigarrvagen-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annasorenson.se\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"’Your Application is Pending’, a performance by Anna S\u00f6renson at Cigarrv\u00e4gen 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was in America last year I bought a hat. The hat had a label that read: \u201cGenuine Government Issue, 100% wool watch cap.\u201d Beneath the text the \u201cOfficial Seal of the Department of Defense\u201d was printed. Because I am not a US citizen, I often feel that the government is involved in my life. I have to report my profession and my reason for entering the country every time at customs, I have to be very careful what I say and don\u2019t say, what I do and more specifically don\u2019t do. With that label in the hat, I felt that everything I do, all the decisions that I made were \u201cGenuinely Government Issued\u201d. This kind of bureaucracy is of course common for all immigrants, all travelers but also within our own nation we need to take part in it. Both the reality of it and the absurdity of it is what I became interested in.<\/p>\n

In the watercolor series \u201cGenuine Government Issue\u201d I created new Departments of my concern. If the Government is going to be invested in my life I reason that some new departments would need to be constituted.<\/p>\n

\u2018Your Application is Pending\u2019 is a performance based on the piece \u2018Genuine Government Issue\u2019. With my new Departments I also had the freedom to make myself the head of all of them. During the performance, you can come and meet me in my temporary office at Cigarrv\u00e4gen 13 in H\u00f6kar\u00e4ngen. The performance will take place only once, on March 7th between 5-9 pm. You can apply to any of the Departments; I will schedule an interview for you and if you qualify you may be approved. Application forms will be found on location. Welcome!<\/p>\n

Departments to apply to:<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.1<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.2<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.3<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Wool<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Love<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Despair<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Horror<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Romantic Fools<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Desire<\/p>\n

10. \u00a0Department of Good Old Friends<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0Department of Poets<\/p>\n

12. \u00a0Department of Candy and Clowns<\/p>\n

13. \u00a0Department of Ambiguity<\/p>\n

14. \u00a0Department of Porridge<\/p>\n

15. \u00a0Department of Deadlines<\/p>\n

16. \u00a0Department of Disappointments<\/p>\n

17. \u00a0Department of Naps<\/p>\n

18. \u00a0Department of Cigarettes and Beer<\/p>\n

19. \u00a0Department of Loneliness<\/p>\n

20. \u00a0Department of Bad TV<\/p>\n